Overview
- All metro and regular bus service stops from 4 a.m. Saturday for a one‑day walkout by drivers and operators, with paratransit running as usual.
- A separate maintenance‑workers strike from Oct. 31 to Nov. 28 limits buses and metros to morning and afternoon rush periods each day.
- The tribunal rejected the STM’s bid to expand service on municipal election day, stating the ordered level of service would not prevent voting.
- Requests to spare event and airport routes were denied, affecting fans headed to Canadiens and Alouettes games and travelers to Trudeau airport.
- Talks feature a new STM wage offer, a mediator joining the file, possible arbitration, an estimated $9 million in lost revenue this year, and additional strike days proposed for Nov. 15–16 pending approval.